Soft Systems Methodology in Action

Peter Checkland, Jim Scholes

ISBN 10: 0471986054 / ISBN 13: 9780471986058

Published by John Wiley and Sons Inc, US, 1999

About this Item

Dieses Buch ist ein praktischer Leitfaden zur SSM (Soft Systems Methodology). Es entwickelt Ideen von Systems Thinking und Systems Practice weiter, indem es aufzeigt, wie diese heutzutage in Industrie und Wirtschaft eingesetzt werden. Mit Hilfe von Fallstudien demonstriert Checkland, wie man SSM anwendet und welche Lehren aus diesen verschiedenen Anwendungen zu ziehen sind. Hinzugekommen ist ein neues Kapitel über Soft Sytems Methodology, das diskutiert, warum SSM heute wichtiger ist denn je. Klar und verständlich geschrieben, von einem international renommierten Autor, dessen Schriften in verschiedensten Bereichen Anwendung finden. (09/98).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Soft Systems Methodology in Action
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc, US
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471986054
• ISBN 13: 9780471986058
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 614 grams

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Synopsis

Thirty years ago Peter Checkland set out to test whether the Systems Engineering (SE) approach, successful in technical problems, could be used by managers to cope with the unfolding complexities of everyday life.  His findings were revealed in Systems Thinking, Systems Practice.  In this paperback reissue of his second classic of systems literature, again featuring the excerpted new section, Checkland develops his ideas to show how the principles have been extended by use in industry.  Case studies are used to show how SSM can be applied and what lessons can be learned from its application in different areas.

About the Author

Peter Checkland is the recipient of the 'Most Distinguished and Outstanding Contributor' Award of the British Computer Society Methodologies Group, 1994 Recipient of the Gold Medal of the UK Systems Society for 'Outstanding Contribution to Systems Thinking' and 1997 Recipient of a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship. Now retired from full time university work, Peter Checkland continues his research and writing.